[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D422-D423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 22, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine environmental management stimulus funding, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine the current readiness of U.S. ground forces, with the 
possibility of a closed session following in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SR-
232A.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 548, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 
of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency resource standard 
for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the General Services Administration and energy 
efficiency in public buildings, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine global 
climate change, focusing on U.S. leadership for a new global 
agreement, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President, with the rank of Ambassador, and Ivo H. Daalder, of 
Virginia, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, both of the Department of State, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of William Craig Fugate, of 
Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
nomination of John Morton, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International

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Security, to hold hearings to examine eliminating waste and fraud in 
Medicare and Medicaid, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending health related legislation, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review producers' views on the 
effectiveness and operations of the Federal crop insurance program, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Member Requests, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Supplemental Request, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Members Requests, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on U.S. Coast Guard: Measuring 
Mission Needs, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Law Enforcement and Violence, 9:30 a.m., 
and on Member Requests, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on U.S. Capitol Police, and 
GPO, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Base Realignment and Closure, 10 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, on Air 
Sovereignty Alert Operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on the 401(k) Fair 
Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Subcommittee on Energy 
and Environment, to continue joint hearings on The American Clean 
Energy Security Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 847, James Zadroga 9/11 
Health and Compensation Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 627, Credit 
Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on New Beginnings: Foreign 
Policy Priorities in the Obama Administration, 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1913, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009; H.R. 
1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R. 1788, False Claims Act 
Correction Act of 2009; H.R. 1676, PACT Act; H.R. 1667; War 
Profiteering Prevention Act of 2009; and H.R. 1741, Witness Security 
and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act; H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. Jordan 
Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009; H.R. 860, 
Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement 
Amendments of 2009; and H.R. 934, To convey certain submerged lands 
to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give 
that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the 
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, 
hearing entitled ``Public Service in the 21st Century: An 
Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1145, National Water Research 
and Development Initiative Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Monitoring, 
Measurement and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions II: The 
Role of Federal and Academic Research and Monitoring Programs, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Importance of 
Technology in an Economic Recovery,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Oversight of Helicopter Medical Services, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing 
Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on reforming the 
health insurance market, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
AFRICOM Update, 1:30 p.m., and, executive, briefing on FBI Update, 4 
p.m., 304-HVC.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, executive, 
briefing on Global Climate Change, 2:30 p.m., 304 HVC.